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A Newark teenager will serve time in the North Central Ohio Rehabilitation Center in Marion for his part in a May 19 robbery that sent one man to Grant Medical Center with a broken jaw and other serious injuries.

Devonte Stull, 16, of Newark, admitted to his involvement in that robbery today in Licking County Juvenile Court, but told Judge Robert Hoover he is not a member of the Ohio Boyz gang connected to rash of violent crimes this year.

"At no time was he a member of the Ohio (Boyz) gang," defense attorney Jason Donnell said. "He got caught up in a one-time bad situation." ...